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The Bonneville Power Administration, in cooperation with the Lewis County PUD, state and federal agencies and Tacoma Power, constructed a downstream anadromous fish collection facility as part of the Cowlitz Falls Project. The fish facility, along with the Cowlitz River Salmon Hatchery's diversion dam below Mayfield Lake, has permitted the ...
The area was once populated by the Cowlitz and Yakama tribes up to 4,600 years ago. [2] The Upper Cowlitz are also known as the Taidnapam. [3] [4] Taidnapam Park was first known as the Kosmos Recreation Site and construction began in the early 1990s. [5] Taidnapam opened in May 1994 and was listed at being 106 acres (43 ha) in size.
The Coweeman River is a tributary of the Cowlitz River, in the South West corner of the U.S. state of Washington. Its name comes from the Cowlitz word ko-wee-na, meaning "short one", referring to a short Indian who once lived along the river.
In the late 19th century and into the first part of the 20th century, Kelso was the center for commercial smelt fishing on the Cowlitz River. In 1910, according to the Oregonian Newspaper, 5,000 tons of fish were caught. [8] The Kelso Chamber of Commerce created the slogan in 1956 and became known as the Smelt Capital of the World.
Coldwater Lake is a barrier lake on the border of Cowlitz County and Skamania County, Washington in the United States. The lake was created during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, which blocked its natural outlet, Coldwater Creek, with volcanic debris. It is one of several lakes in the area that were created or otherwise enlarged by the ...
Swofford Pond, beginning in 1966-1967, was originally a holding and rearing hatchery used to help offset fish losses due to difficulties in aquatic migration around the dams in the area. [33] [34] The site was part of the larger Cowlitz Fish Hatchery project, considered at the time to be the largest such in the world. [35]
Cowlitz River; E. Elochoman River; G. Green River (North Fork Toutle River tributary) K. Kalama River; L. Lewis River (Washington) N. North Fork Toutle River; T ...
Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Lake Chelan. Lake Washington. ... North Fork Toutle River: Columbia / Cowlitz